Identify any fallacies in the following passage."Outlawing hate speech-the latest bright idea from so-called progressives."

What will be an ideal response?


Ad hominem, genetic fallacy.

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The mystical tradition of Islam is known as

a. Mujahid b. Islamist c. Dervishes d. Sufism

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Medical doctor X, a world-renowned physician, is paid by pharmaceutical company to use the drugs it produces in X's practice. The pharmaceutical company pays all of the expenses for Dr. X, and the doctor's family too, to attend medical conferences, which are always held at expensive holiday resorts. The pharmaceutical company arranges for Dr. X to be interviewed on TV and to speak at hospitals and colleges on the benefits of the drugs, which the company produces. And the company pays the doctor to do research on those drugs and it publishes that research when it shows that their drugs are effective. Given this information, should the advice Dr. X might give about which drugs are best to use in a given situation be regarded as trustworthy?

What will be an ideal response

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According to Mary Midgley, ________.

A. morality is relative to each individual B. we should make moral judgments C. morality should be based on the "law of the heart" D. we should avoid being judgmental while making moral judgments

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Which of the following describes karma?

a. It is a wide-ranging term for righteousness, law, and duty. b. It is the cycle of reincarnation. c. It is liberation from rebirth and samsara. d. It is the deeds and acts as they influence reincarnation.

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